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WORKING DEMOCRACY
A just society, peaceful world Economic exploitation is the underlying injustice that breeds all kinds of other social injustice. When a few people enrich themselves by taking the lion’s share of the wealth produced by the work of the majority, society is divided into opposing interests and the result is conflict and strife. Extreme poverty and deprivation exist in an economy capable of producing great wealth. The upper classes and the governments they control in countries throughout the world use fraud and force to suppress the aspirations of their working populations. Rulers of different countries fight each other for valuable resources such as oil, and for control of markets and trade advantage. But it is the poor of those countries who do the actual fighting and dying. It is the working people who are caught in the middle of rulers’ wars and suffer the most and gain the least from them. Working Democracy promotes peace and social justice by eliminating exploitation, because as the Bible says, “Love of money is the root of all evil.” People will work together as a unified community of workers, with common goals democratically decided by themselves. Every person will have the inalienable right to be a working member of the community and to receive full compensation for the work they contribute to the common effort. No one will have the right to profit and enrich themselves on the backs of the people who produce the wealth. While exploitation breeds destructive competition, oppression, irrational hatreds and war, Working Democracy promotes intelligent cooperation, social equality and peace. |